Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to page 1 of Annex B: Service Improvement Plan to HMIP Report on an unannounced inspection of STHFS Western Jet Foil, Manston and Kent Intake Unit, published on 6 June 2023, on what dates the Minister for Immigration had meetings with the Wellbeing and Safeguarding Manager for Manston and Kent Intake Unit.

The position of wellbeing and safeguarding manager is a contractor-employed operational management role rather than a Home Office official. The wellbeing and safeguarding manager reports into the Home Office senior leadership team and, if appropriate, their work might feature in advice to Ministers. However, the wellbeing and safeguarding manager is not someone who would report to, or ordinarily engage with, the Ministers.